Philip III of Navarre

Philip III of Navarre (27 March 1306-16 September 1343) was the king of Navarre from 1 February 1328 to 16 September 1343, succeeding Charles I of Navarre and preceding Joan II of Navarre.

Biography
Philip was born on 27 March 1306 to Louis d'Evreux and Margaret of Artois, and he came from the Catholic French House of d'Evreux. He inherited the county of Evreux in Normandy on his father's death, and on the death of his cousin Charles IV of France he became the King of Navarre on 1 February 1328. His marriage to Joan II of Navarre gave him lands in both Navarre and in France, and on 14 March 1336 he was given the County of Angouleme and the County of Mortain. In 1339, Philip, John of Bohemia, and David II of Scotland helped to relieve the sieges of Cambrai and Tournai from the Kingdom of England during the Hundred Years' War, and he also actively participated in the Reconquista in Spain. In the 1342-1344 siege of Algeciras, Philip was mortally wounded by an arrow, and he died on 16 September 1343.